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What are "Popeyes"?

And how did the name: "Spod" come about?

One guy told me that "Spod" came from "Spodoosh!!", the sound made when they hit the water.

But I don't believe that.
 
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I can remember being told a long time ago now that SPOD stood for TOOL but i don't know how true that is ?

No idea about Popeyes, other than the Cartoon one.
 
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Popeyes due to bulging eyes. There can be more than one reason, vitamin deficiency, genetics, dropsy, injury, bacteria and the list goes on.

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mol said:
Popeyes due to bulging eyes. There can be more than one reason, vitamin deficiency, genetics, dropsy, injury, bacteria and the list goes on.

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Sounds good to me, however the "Popeyes" were indeed a reference to the potato days, leave em in and they will see the Carp comming!!!
 
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Ron, here in the states a popeye is a small feather jig usually 1/32 to 1/64 of a ounce weight. they are used for crappies and sometimes trout. as for the spods name i haven't a clue, never even seen one until i went to europe 2 yrs ago.
 
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Actuall it was Eric Hodson who told me what "Popeyes" were. I was just fishing around to see if there were any alternatives.

A "Popeye" is a form of swinger that attaches under the bite alarm using a longish arm. Imagine this arm as pipe stem. Then at the other end of this arm is a bit looking like an old American corn cob pipe, just like "Popeye the Sailorman" grips in his mouth. This bit has a line clip on it.

Get my drift?

Still no wiser on the Spod.
 
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Was it Jim Gibbonson who is credited with 'inventing' the spod. An old silicone tube originally know as the doppleganger?:confused: Don't know where the spod name originated.
 
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